New Daw ;)

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what do you think

  • its overkill!!!

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • stick with the xp2000+

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • i want one ;)

    Votes: 5 83.3%
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c9-2001

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hey whats up yall...
i wanna know what you think of this new daw....

yesterday i ordered a new XP2000+ daw....
but i got to work on my partners Dual Mp1900 machine... its nice ;)

well this december i plan on building a dual Mp2000+...with 1gig of ddr,2 120gig 8mb cache drives, DVD-rw,Cd-rw,Dual head video card.. the works....with a uad-1 dsp card....

do you think this daw is overkill?
should i just stick with the xp2000+??
 
no its not i have a dual mp1900+ and I still want that new 2600 joint....
but who fuckin cares really don't understand the point of this post
 
Teacher said:
no its not i have a dual mp1900+ and I still want that new 2600 joint....
but who fuckin cares really don't understand the point of this post
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the point of the post was to find out if the system would be overkill.. thats all..
i don't wanna spend 1100 if i don't have too..but i'll build be new system this december.. to bad the 3.4gig amd hammers won't be out...i wouldn't mind 1 of them.. one of my dad's clients has a quad mp2000+ server..a quad that would be nice ;)
 
Why would order a computer now if you knew you were gonna build a new one in December?

Keep in mind that Intel will release their HyperThreaded version of the P4 in another month or two at 3+Ghz. They've already demoed 4.68Ghz using the current core. Dual core processors are in the works. Basically never is a good time to buy anything computer related.
 
elevate said:
Why would order a computer now if you knew you were gonna build a new one in December?

Keep in mind that Intel will release their HyperThreaded version of the P4 in another month or two at 3+Ghz. They've already demoed 4.68Ghz using the current core. Dual core processors are in the works. Basically never is a good time to buy anything computer related.
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because i don' have a DAW any more, and i have 2 8hr sessions on saturday...SO
i needed a computer...and for the price.. i said what the hell..

i know about intels 3gig.. DTI..the company my pops works for out in cali, already have some of them, they were tested by tech-tv not to long ago also.....
i want the AMD hammer..which will come out as 3.4gig..1 thing about Intel.. they're overpriced...prices on the P4's are comming down.. but the 3gig is gonna cost more then my hole new computer.. and its just a cpu...i can build a dual 2100+ system which will run over the 3gig P4 and cost less...
 
I just built that dual amd system it rocks. If you need a new daw get it, if you are not hurting for plugins and processing power, buy a new mic instead.

THe new p4 with hyperthreading will only work on XP pro, or LINUX :) they look like multiple processors to windows. There is an article about that in this week's eweek.

The new amd hammer will be nice, but needs to be tested before you just go grab it for a session worthy daw.

just my 3 cents...(inflation)
 
Ask yourself if your doing this because it'll make your music better (if your convinced more plugins = better music) or if your doing it, so you can bragg to your friends about the specs of your daw.

are you maxing out on CPU power on your current daw?
 
Basically never is a good time to buy anything computer related.
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Damn Elevate! That is so true man,... you hit it smack on the head.
 
You ordered a XP2000+ as a DAW and still thinking about something faster?
This is more like a showing off thread.
 
Rochey said:
Ask yourself if your doing this because it'll make your music better (if your convinced more plugins = better music) or if your doing it, so you can bragg to your friends about the specs of your daw.

are you maxing out on CPU power on your current daw?
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the daw i HAD was a xp1800 that i had problems with it was the motherboard or something..it would only run at 1150.. i gave it to my dad, and ordered a xp2000+.

i ordered the 2000+ because it was cheap.. its just a barebone system.i'm running 2 sessions tomorrow..what was gonna record on if i didn't have a computer..????
i know its not gonna make my music better.. do you think i'ma jack ass.. as for the cpu maxing out..yep.. but it wasn't running it its core speed...i have another 1800+ machine here, but it needs to be rebuilt bad, i do most of my graphics on that machine, but its my moms and on 98se... i use SX, so i need 2000 or xp...

bragging.. i have nothing to brag about... i know ppl with dual 2.2gig xeon daws..

christiaan said:
You ordered a XP2000+ as a DAW and still thinking about something faster?
This is more like a showing off thread.
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i ordered a xp2000+ yes.. i don't know what its gonna handle.. it it handles everything fine.. i won't upgrade... i was thinking with dual cpu's my cpu under sx shouldn't really ever go over 50%. it would offer more power to run those waves plugins, but i plan on getting a uad-1 and using it...
no one's trying to show off anything...i just asked a simple question... last night my dad told me he'd pick me up a dual 2.2gig xeon system from cali for 1400 the same system my boy mike has.. i think thats to much... i think thats overkill..a 4.4gig DAW. but he can run 64ch of 24/96 music with ease.

if you thought this post was to show off its not.. just a simple question..Overkill or not...if Teacher uses a dual mp1900 i think the dual 2000 would work fine..

Teacher... what all do you run on that dual 1900???
 
the daw i HAD was a xp1800 that i had problems with it was the motherboard or something..it would only run at 1150
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as for the cpu maxing out..yep.. but it wasn't running it its core speed
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Sounds like you should return your defective items instead of buying new ones.
 
As software continues to become more and more sophisticated, and, demands on processing become greater, I think its always wise to buy/build a computer with the "fastest" processor you can afford.

I don't think it showing off at all! Nor do I think its overkill.
The end result will be a stable machine that you can at least grow into.

Audio production is one thing to a processor, but video capture, editing, and post production is another.
If you wanted to expand your market, and move into the field, you'd have a system that could handle it very well.
 
Michael Jones said:
As software continues to become more and more sophisticated, and, demands on processing become greater, I think its always wise to buy/build a computer with the "fastest" processor you can afford.

I don't think it showing off at all! Nor do I think its overkill.
The end result will be a stable machine that you can at least grow into.

Audio production is one thing to a processor, but video capture, editing, and post production is another.
If you wanted to expand your market, and move into the field, you'd have a system that could handle it very well.
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well said:d

as for video editing and all that good ole stuff, i have a partner with a full avid DV studio that does that type of stuff for a living.. he's gonna do one of my groups first video when were my boy gets out of jail.

so what you think i should get the Dual2.2 xeon? its priced quite well..i can use the xp2000 as my graphics machine and the dual 2.2 as my daw...the xp2000 should be here later on this afternoon
 
Michael Jones said:

I don't think it showing off at all! Nor do I think its overkill.
The end result will be a stable machine that you can at least grow into.
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Okay, I take the showing off bit back.
BUT I disagree with that about growing into.

Buying a PC that isn't pushed when you do whatever you want to do with your PC means in my opinion that you wasted money. In a case like that, the cpu that you now bought for a couple of hunderd dollars will cost a fraction of that in like a year or so. When put together wisely, a PC has various upgrading routes for when you need more power.

It could be the difference between being able to buy an extra mic or pre or not.
 
Not disagreeing with you Michael, but I've found over the years, as processors get faster and faster, programmers get sloppier and lazier, releasing bloated software that utilizes nowhere near the potential of the processor, thus the need for speed and the cycle continues.

My take on it.

Another take is that the only purpose for these increases in speed are so gamers can play the latest and greatest... nothing wrong with that though... :)
 
Emeric said:
Not disagreeing with you Michael, but I've found over the years, as processors get faster and faster, programmers get sloppier and lazier, releasing bloated software that utilizes nowhere near the potential of the processor, thus the need for speed and the cycle continues.

My take on it.

Another take is that the only purpose for these increases in speed are so gamers can play the latest and greatest... nothing wrong with that though... :)
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There's more than just a thread of truth there Emeric.
Computers, and Personal Computers in general, are the epotime of planned obsolesence. We all know that, yet we continue to upgrade our boxes, on average I think about every 18 months.
Nothing wrong with spending a little more money, and trying to "beat the curve" and get thru 24 or 30 months though.

Christiaan - By "growing into" I mean over a relatively short time period of course. The statement is based on what you arer planning to do with the PC, and what you would like to do with it.

C9-2001. I used a PC at a place I worked that had a Xenon processor in it. It "whistled" when it got warm. I wasn't impressed.
 
i'm not sure about the Xeon machine now.. my dad said its a server...he said he'll pick me up a barebone if i want it,

the motherboard is a SuperMicro P4DSE DUAL Xeon and it'll come with 2 2.2
 
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